An Outline -- cost savings can be achieved in stages
1) Cost savings that can be captured simply by adopting the ICDL standard:
 a) Creating the curriculum
 b) Maintaining the curriculum
    i) Regular updating of Syllabus, courseware and tests
    ii) Courseware localized for Canada - has extensive exercises
  c) Diagnostic Tests accessed independently by candidates
  d) Creating tests
  e) Marking tests
  f) Finding courseware
  g) Managing transfer of students across faculties or from other institutions/jurisdictions
  h) Dealing with prior learning
2) Further savings that can be added with a common faculty
  a) Forming a common faculty that teaches essential subjects to students of all faculties can achieve further economies of scale
    i) Scale of aggregating all students
    ii) Fewer number of coordinators
  b) Equidistance from other academic faculties leads to smoother course planning
  c) Communications can be more organized
3) Adopting ICDL services for mainstream postsecondary program support
  a) Online ICDL self-registration by students validation from institutional records
    i) Public and institutional Data Protection Legislation compliant. In many instances student data can be provided directly to ICDL Canada through our on-line registration. Students agree to the end user licence agreement which spells out the required elements of compliance.  For complete replacement of paper-based systems students agree that their institution will verify the data and identify any anomalies to be clarified with students.
  b) Reduced workload on instructors and coordinators
  c) Automated tests and marking
 d) High level of quality assurance
    i) Careful identity validations at registry and tests
See Tight funding need not determine the outcomes.